Archives of #Fraud

Emerging opportunities to profit from fraud and insolvencies in high-value, cross-border finance is an important aspect of next month’s OffshoreAlert Conference in London. Apart from the impending, en masse collapse of cryptocurrencies, which will create action for insolvency practitioners and...

In an era of data leaks, hacks and intrusive technology, it’s never been easier to investigate individuals and companies. But what are the liabilities for overstepping the mark? At next month’s OffshoreAlert Conference in London, two intelligence specialists and a lawyer who litigates mi...

The unprecedented scale of criminality involving cryptocurrency schemes and a looming global recession will create a boom for the high-value, cross-border asset recovery industry over the next few years. These emerging opportunities for fraud and asset recovery specialists, insolvency practitioners,...

The biggest scam in the history of finance will be scrutinized at next month’s OffshoreAlert Conference on financial intelligence and investigations in London. The fraud – which is ongoing – involves the massive price manipulation of Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies like Li...

Detecting investment fraud is easy if you know what to look for. Since 1997, OffshoreAlert has exposed more than 175 investment frauds and helped law enforcement and regulators hold those responsible accountable. At next week’s OffshoreAlert Conference in London, OffshoreAlert’s owner an...

A $5 billion fraud perpetrated by Malaysian financier Jho Low via an entity known as 1MDB is as audacious a scam as you will find, involving Hollywood, politics, Goldman Sachs, and the financial elite. At this month’s OffshoreAlert Conference in London, The Wall Street Journal reporter Bradley...

Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia are hotbeds of criminality, places where expatriate investment fraudsters operate boiler rooms with seeming impunity as they set about swindling foreigners living in the world’s major countries, many of whom are pensioners. Investigative journalist An...

A recent Cayman Islands court judgment concerning “one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history” will be analyzed at next month’s OffshoreAlert Conference in London. Chief Justice’s 1,348-page ruling in May in a decade-long family dispute over Saudi Arabia-based conglomerate A...

After OffshoreAlert exposed the $40 million-plus investment fraud by Privilege Wealth in 2016, it became obvious to us that Spain’s Costa del Sol region was a hotbed of fraud by mainly British expatriates who seemed to operate with impunity. That belief was reinforced when we discovered that n...

Offshore financial centres have great expectations that blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies will be their next big earners. Laws are being passed and a battle for jurisdictional dominance is underway. But there are substantial reputational and financial risks for jurisdictions that don’...

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The OffshoreAlert Conference takes a holistic approach to financial crime. At our events, you will not only learn how to identify fraud, but also profit from it, recover your assets if you are a victim, and, generally, understand what’s happening in the world of high-value, cross-border finance so that you can make better-informed decisions.